Riding-saddle



(No Model.)

W. H. PORKER.

RIDING SADDLE. No. 447,723. Patented Mar. 8, 1891.

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NITED STATES PATENT RIDING-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,723 dated March 3,1891.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM II. FoRKnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meadville, in the county 'of Crawford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinSaddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Figure l of the drawings is a longitudinal vertical section, Fig. 2 anend view, and Fig. 3 a plan view, of the saddle-frame with the seatremoved; Fig. 4 a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 5 a detail view,of the packholder.

In the drawings, A represents the saddleseat with the slots a a for thestirrup-straps and the opposite holes a a. Through the latter and thecorresponding holes I) b in the vertical bow of the front bridge Bpasses the pivot-screw C, so that the seat may turn on a center in frontwhileit rises and falls at the rear with the supporting plate-spring D."This spring is itself pivoted at the rear to the bridge E and slotted at(Z in front, so that it may expand and contract without 11inderance asthe rider moves up and down on the saddle. The seatA is made by thespring to move up with the rider while it sinks by his weight, whichovercomes the power of the spring. Thus the usual jolt is taken up bythe spring and any soreness from riding cifectually prevented.

F F are screw-pivots, which pass through the ears g g of theshoulder-plates G, which have a bearing g, so as to turn on the pin 72,which extends forward from the back plates H. The latter are alsoprovided with the bearings h, which turn on the end pivots e e of therear bridge E. It will thus be seen that the shoulder and back plates GH adjust themselves to the horse, and the plates G are then held totheir adjustment by the setscrews I I, passing through the projections bon the front bridge B, the plates G G being thus madeto hug theshoulder-blades of the horse, so as to prevent the saddle from turn- Inorder to prevent the plates G from leaving the pins h, I use a stud ]L2on the pin and a cross-slot g in the bearing J is a ladys pommel withthe two horns K L, the former broad and concaved to receive her thigh at7t, while the horn L is provided with a slot Z to give a hand-hold tothe rider. This pommel is detachably fastened to the saddle by thescrews M M, so that it may be removed when the saddle is to he used by aman.

0. is a pack-holder, which when wanted has its shanks secured at theirends in the tubes N N, which are arranged on and under the rear part ofthe seat A.

Vhat I claim as new is- 1.. A saddle consisting of the transversebridges B E, the seat A, pivoted at C O to the front bridge B, theplate-spring D, pivoted to the rear bridge E and resting on front bridgeB, and the pivoted plates G H, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a saddle-tree, the combination of the pivoted shoulder-plates G H,screws I I, and front bridge B, the latter having threaded sideprojections through which the screws work, as and for the purpose setforth.

3. A saddle-tree provided with the longitudinal upwardly-convexedplate-spring D, pivoted to the rear bridge E and having a slot (Z toengage a top stud b on the front bridge, in combination with a frontpivoted saddle-seat A, as and for the purpose described.

M. II. FORKER.

Witnesses:

THos. S. MINNISS, W. H. GASKILL.

